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In The News - 2008

You hear a lot about layoffs these days. More than 200 New Process Gear in East Syracuse, 175 people at Super Steal in Schenectady and 25 people at New York Air Brake in Watertown. And workers in many cases heard …

Lawyers in space? Well, maybe not yet, but local attorney Mathew Tully recently took one giant step for the legal profession. Tully, a partner at Tully Rinckey, a law firm with offices in Albany and Washington D.C. specializing in military …

For the second year in a row, Capital Region law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC has joined Albany County Family Court in ensuring a merry Christmas for local families through participation in the Court’s eighth annual Adopt-a-Family program. The program is …

Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce that founding partner Mathew B. Tully, Esq. has successfully graduated from the clandestine National Security Space Institute (NSSI.) Tully is one of the few attorneys and the sole English solicitor to have attended …

Texting, especially popular among youngsters, will soon be added to the list of activities that could get you pulled over while driving in Schenectady County. The County Legislature voted Tuesday night 11-2 to prohibit writing, sending and reading text messages …

The next time you get behind the wheel, be sure to keep your cell phone in your pocket. Beginning this coming March, it will be illegal to text and drive in Schenectady County. County legislators have passed a law prohibiting …

A soldier’s exoneration in the bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq shows military juries are not just “rubber stamps” for commanders and can be independent thinkers, legal analysts said Friday. A Fort Bragg jury on Thursday found New York …

The widows of two Army officers slain in Iraq three years ago said they had refused to consider a plea deal for the soldier accused of killing their husbands because they wanted the truth to come out. That man, Staff …

Legal experts say a military jury’s acquittal of a New York Army National Guard sergeant accused of killing superiors shows the military justice system works. A Fort Bragg jury acquitted Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez on Thursday of two counts of …

As the jury deliberates whether Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez is guilty of murdering two superior officers in Iraq, their families wonder if their loved ones would have lived if alert soldiers had voiced their misgivings about the accused. Witness after …

It’s one of the first fragging cases of the Iraq War. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez of Troy, and member of the 42nd Infantry Division, stood trial for the murder of two Superiors: Captain Phillip Espisito of Suffern and Lt. Louis …

The prosecuting attorney arguing the case in the trial of Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez says witness testimony proves the soldier’s guilt. The Troy-area soldier is accused of killing his two superior officers in Iraq by detonating a mine in their …

Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce that founding partner Mathew B. Tully, Esq. and managing partner Greg T. Rinckey, Esq. have been selected to instruct the newly developed Law Practice Management course at Albany Law School. This is the …

Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce that Richard Hanft, Esq. has been appointed to the position of Legislative Assistant to the Troy City Council. The City Council works with the executive branch of government within the city to enact …

There has been much moving and shaking in the corrections legal world during the last few months. Several new or enhanced laws concerning mentally ill offenders, drug treatment requirements, victims’ rights, parole hearings, discrimination claims, and sentencing reform are now …

A Sarasota man is suing an area car dealer, claiming it violated his employment rights as a veteran employee. Army Sgt. Andrew Mobley, 30, says Gettel Automotive Group, with dealerships in Bradenton and Sarasota, discriminated against him and fired him …

Tully Rinckey PLLC, a full-service law firm in the Capital Region, is pleased to announce that Thomas Carr, Esq. has graduated from the Fall 2008 FBI Citizens’ Academy. Designed to promote a partnership and strengthen the relationship between the FBI …

Tully Rinckey PLLC has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in the Capital Region” by The Business Review for 2008. This is the third time since 2005 that the law firm has been honored with this achievement. …

The widows of two military officers killed by an anti-personnel mine in their quarters in Iraq testified briefly Thursday in the court-martial of the New York National Guard soldier charged in their deaths. Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, 41, of …

Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was conducting a “personal war within a war” when he planned and executed the murders of his two superior officers in Iraq in 2005, the prosecution said in opening statements in Martinez’s death penalty court-martial. Capt. …

The court martial of the first soldier accused of killing a direct superior in Iraq — known as “fragging” during the Vietnam War — opens Wednesday, three years after a suspicious blast tore through the living quarters of two National …

National Guardsman Alberto Martinez could face death penalty if convicted in killing of 2 officers The next U.S president could decide the fate of Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez of Schaghticoke. The 40-year-old National Guardsman from Rensselaer County will go on …

Tully Rinckey donated $1,000 in support of the 2008 Greater Capital District Ride for Missing Children. The event honors the memory of missing children and aims to increase public awareness of the plight of all missing and exploited children and …

Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce its donation of $1000 in support of the 2008 Greater Capital District Ride for Missing Children. The event honors the memory of missing children and aims to increase public awareness of the plight …

Tully Rinckey PLLC was recently named one of the Top 10 largest law firms in the Capital Region of New York State by The Business Review. The firm ranked eighth among 50 other law firms within the area. Tully Rinckey …

I know first hand the stress and excitement involved in making the decision to start your own business. Just five years ago, I went through this myself when I chose to venture out on my own and open my law …

Albany County correctional officer Robert Hunter has filed a racial discrimination suit against the Albany County Correctional Facility and Albany County in New York state. Hunter, 36, is an Abinake from the Odanack reserve in Quebec. He left the reserve …

Tully Rinckey PLLC, a full-service law firm in the Capital Region, is pleased to announce the promotion of Graig Cortelyou to Director of Marketing. Cortelyou manages the firm’s contract procurement, lobbying, direct marketing, public relations and website development. He is …

Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were unanimously cleared Thursday by a Franklin County grand jury in the May 5 shooting of a suspected drug smuggler. The 19-member jury ruled that Dennis J. Rascoe and Daniel S. Taylor were justified in …

A grand jury ruled Thursday that two border agents were justified in shooting at a man who allegedly tried to run them down on an ATV. It took three months of investigation and four days of testimony for the Franklin …

Federal agents who shot a suspected drug smuggler who allegedly tried to run them over with an ATV were cleared of any charges by a Franklin County grand jury. Timothy J. Fleury, 25, of 52 Bird Road, Constable was shot …

Attorneys sometimes call it a document dump. But reporters requested it and we got it – 8,562 pages of flight records, e-mails, and transcripts. Defense Attorney Thomas Carr said, “It seems to be all the raw data, all the raw …

Tully Rinckey PLLC, a full-service law firm in the Capital Region, is pleased to announce that founding partner Mathew B. Tully, Esq. has been admitted to the Supreme Court of England and Wales as a solicitor. With one billion dollars …

American Indian man plans to sue Albany County over alleged treatment at jail An American Indian correction officer intends to sue Albany County, alleging systematic discrimination by co-workers and supervisors, his lawyer said Monday. Robert Hunter, 36, contends he was …

A Native American corrections officer at the Albany County Correctional Facility is accusing coworkers and supervisors at the jail of “severe” discrimination. The allegations by Robert Hunter include acts over a period of three years, which his supervisors were aware …

An Albany County Jail guard said he was repeatedly harassed with slurs about his Native American heritage. He’s been out on sick leave for more than a month and wants the case resolved before he returns. Robert Hunter said he …

Artan Serjanej understands how difficult it can be for new immigrants to navigate the thicket of unfamiliar laws they encounter when they move to America. Now 43, Serjanej fled the Eastern European country of Albania as a young man, arriving …

The town and Police Chief Gregory Hulbert have reached a settlement of their legal differences, with the chief agreeing to retire. The Town Board agreed to the settlement during a meeting Wednesday night and issued a joint press release with …

The town and Police Chief Gregory Hulbert have reached a settlement of their legal differences, with the chief agreeing to retire. The Town Board agreed to the settlement during a meeting Wednesday night and issued a joint press release with …

The attorney for town Police Chief Gregory Hulbert, who was placed on administrative leave Jan. 11, says he expects the Town Board to hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss a settlement with Hulbert over a notice of claim alleging …

The attorney for town Police Chief Gregory Hulbert, who was placed on administrative leave Jan. 11, says he expects the Town Board to hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss a settlement with Hulbert over a notice of claim alleging …

A woman’s 5-acre plot is designed to show number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq At work, Caren Crootof delivers babies. At home, she tends a field devoted to the dead. Between shifts at her job as a midwife, Crootof …

Vietnam returnees say part of “early intervention” message demeaning A Saratoga County project that would anticipate legal difficulties of troubled returning military members started badly after some veterans questioned its function and called part of its message demeaning. Other veterans, …

The timing could hardly have been worse for the education lawyers at Girvin & Ferlazzo P.C. in Albany. Each spring, law firms bid to retain or win new contracts to provide legal services to Capital Region school districts. In mid-April, …

Saratoga County’s top defender and prosecutor are working on a project aimed at helping returning war veterans, but a message about the effort has offended some people in the community. Public Defender John Ciulla and District Attorney James Murphy III …

Two state Army National Guard officers recognized an Iraqi woman, who was an Arabic translator for the U.S. Army for more than four years, as deserving to become one of the chosen few to take advantage of a Special Immigrant …

“I don’t even know how I’m still alive,” said “Sarah,” an Iraqi interpreter. Meet “Sarah,” one of thousands of interpreters risking her life, and her family’s, to help translate for U.S. soldiers in Iraq. “Many of my friends got killed …

Bullets whizzed past as “Sarah” translated for U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Shrapnel from a roadside blast hit her protective vest. In her off hours, she worried about retribution for helping the Americans. A sign reading “traitor” was posted on her …

Town Police Chief Gregory Hulbert has taken the first step toward a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the town of Saugerties, the Town Board and Supervisor Gregory Helsmoortel for breach of contract, libel and slander, according to the chief’s attorney. Hulbert, …

Tully Rinckey PLLC of Albany has added immigration law to its practice. The company hired Artan Serjanej, previously a New York City-based attorney, who not only practices immigration law but is an immigrant himself. Serjanej entered the United States in …

From Out of Office to In the Pen? While His Political Career May be Over, Could Governor Spitzer. Also Lose His Future as a Free Man? Now that Governor Spitzer nears the end of his time in office, the next …

Local attorney Thomas Carr tells us at most, Spitzer could be charged with a misdemeanor, and even that is usually plead down to disorderly conduct, not a crime, but a violation. “It’s very, very rare for the Feds to actually …

Tanya Towne says she lost everything in Iraq, starting with physical custody of her first child. Before Towne’s 2004 deployment, a Montgomery County Family Court judge gave her son, Derrell Diffin, to her first husband because she was being sent …

Tanya Towne couldn’t wait to finish her mission in Iraq to return to her mission back home as mom to two young sons. While she was deployed, her youngest lived with his father, Towne’s husband at the time. Custody of …

A Jan. 3 ruling by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court in a child custody case could have a wide-ranging impact, undermining the rights of parents enlisted in the reserves. In the case, Diffin v. Towne, …

An Iraq war veteran said Monday she will continue to fight for her son after losing an appeal for his custody last week. The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court ruled against Canajoharie resident Tanya Towne in her appeal …

Unprecedented Veterans in Economic Transition Conference (VETCON) coming to the Capital Region next week. VETCON is the first of its kind in Albany’s Capital Region and will provide support, advice, and direction to startups and existing businesses owned by veterans, …

Beginning today, Albany police officers will be testing body cameras while on duty. Albany police have weathered criticism following an incident that resulted in the April 2015 tasing death of an unarmed city man, Dontay Ivy. No officers were charged …

What is the difference between a living will and a health care proxy, and is it necessary to have both? The answer to this question is that it depends upon which state you live in. In the state of New …

Law firm gives “Casual Friday” a whole new meaning WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) – A Western New York law firm is giving “Casual Friday” a whole new meaning. The Tully Rinckey Firm is cashing in on employees who want to wear …

Legal Chat: Accommodating arthritis on the job I have arthritis and cannot perform certain tasks at work for extended periods. Would my employer be required to accommodate me? Arthritis can slow the pace at which people work and make it …

Delaney Promoted to Helpdesk Manager at Tully Rinckey PLLC April 14, 2016 – Albany, N.Y. – Tully Rinckey PLLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Brandon Delaney to Helpdesk Manager. For the past five years, Delaney has served as …

Monthly sessions provide knowledgeable legal and emotional support for those contemplating divorce February 8, 2016 – Albany, N.Y. – The family and matrimonial law team at Tully Rinckey PLLC is proud to announce its partnership with the Capital Region chapter …

Tully Rinckey PLLC & Hannaford Supermarkets to provide 200 turkeys to veterans this Thanksgiving In an effort to show appreciation for the sacrifices of active duty service members, veterans and their families, Tully Rinckey PLLC and Hannaford Supermarkets will once …